Tag: ASEAN

  • Pivot To Asia

    Hours before American import bans took effect, Mark Carney opened a new economic framework with Singapore and pushed a Canada ASEAN free trade agreement that Ottawa says is more than 90 percent complete, a diversification bet worth an estimated C$2 billion in gross domestic product against a market that still takes seven of every ten…

  • EU Manila Pact

    The European Union and the Philippines have closed negotiations on a free trade agreement covering 94 percent of tariff lines and 97 percent of bilateral trade, opening Philippine public procurement to foreign bidders for the first time and beating the 2027 expiry of duty free preferences. BRUSSELS AND MANILA, SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 After a decade…

  • ASEAN Gulf Bid

    Southeast Asia keeps a tariff-slashing pact with the Gulf Cooperation Council on its agenda as a feasibility study heads for a year-end deadline and Indonesia races to conclude its own bilateral deal. JAKARTA, September 28, 2026 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is keeping a prospective free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council on…

  • EU Malaysia R5

    Fifth round of negotiations on a European Union and Malaysia free trade agreement opens with a widened 21-chapter agenda as Brussels accelerates its Southeast Asian tariff strategy KUALA LUMPUR, September 23, 2026 The European Union and Malaysia opened the fifth round of negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement this week, with talks running alongside…

  • EU-PH FTA Deal

    Brussels and Manila reach substantial agreement on a free trade pact covering more than 94 percent of tariff lines, opening a second Southeast Asian front in the European Union’s Indo-Pacific trade offensive BRUSSELS, September 23, 2026 The European Union and the Philippines announced on September 22 that they had reached what both sides described as…

  • Asia Deal Push

    Canada says free trade negotiations with ASEAN and the Philippines are more than 90 per cent complete, with India close behind and all three targeted for conclusion before the end of the year. The trade minister insists none of it is about Donald Trump MANILA, September 24, 2026. Canada’s Minister of International Trade told Reuters…

  • India CEPA Push

    Ottawa closes a fourth negotiating round in Mumbai and heads straight into an ASEAN ministerial in Manila, turning trade diversification from a talking point into a deadline-driven file for Canadian exporters MUMBAI and OTTAWA, September 22, 2026 Canada’s trade diversification strategy stopped being theoretical this week. International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu wrapped a two-day mission…